The First Russian Antarctic Expedition took place in 1819–1821 under the direction of Fabian Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev. The expedition aimed to reach the Southern Ocean in order to prove or d
Portrait of Emperor Alexander I by Stepan Shchukin, 1800
Portrait of the minister Traversay
Expedition commanders Fabian Bellingshausen (left) and Mikhail Lazarev (right)
Sloop Mirny, from the album of P. Mikhailov
Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen was a Russian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank of admiral. He
First Russian Antarctic Expedition
…The First Russian Antarctic Expedition took place in 1819–1821 under the direction of Fabian Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev. The expedition aimed to reach the Southern Ocean in order to prove or disprove the existence of a suspected seventh continent…
Portrait by an unknown artist
Coat of arms of the Bellingshausen family
Nadezdha, on which Bellingshausen served under captain Krusenstern during the first Russian circumnavigation.
Captain Faddey Bellingshausen with the Cross of the Order of St. Vladimir